Bucket or can silencer



y 5, 1932- J R. FOLEY 1,866,457

BUCKET OF. CAN SILENCER Filed May 12, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l July 5,1932. FOLEY 1,866,457

BUCKET OR CAN SILENCER Filed May 12, 1931 2 SheetsSheet 2 j 19 lmumigPatented July 5, 1932 JOHN RUSSELL FOLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKET R CAN SILENCER Application fll ed May 12, 1931. Serial No.536,900.

This invention relates to improvements in silencers for buckets or cans.

One of the salient objects of the invention is to make up silencerstrips in standard lengths which may be severed to accommodate bucketsor cans of various diameters, and which is held in place by a chain orthe like which extends through passageways formed in the rubber strip.

Another object is to provide a silencer of this character, which mayalso be used as a silencer for a can or bucket cover.

Such devices, by eliminating noise, are especially useful with cans orbuckets employed in and about hospitals and similar institutions.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in view whichwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in thenovel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an elevation partly broken away of a garbage can provided withone of my improved silencers.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of a portion of one of thesilencers.

Fig. 4 is a similar view with the chain detached and illustrating insection one of the passageways through which the chain may extend.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional View of a detail on the line 5-5 of Fig.2.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing a modification of thesilencer for use with a can top.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fi s. 1 to 5inclusive, 7 designates a can provi ed at its bottom with theconventional depending skirt or flange 8. My

improved silencer is shown at 9, and in accordance with the invention,this silencer is made of some suitable resilient material such asrubber, and said material is molded either to form a straight strip or asubstantially circular strip. In either event, it has a horizontalflange 10 which is notched at 11 to facilitate contracting the strip toaccommodate cans of'various diameters. The main portion of the strip isprovided in its top with a continuous channel or groove 12 to fit the i5flange 8, and the outer wall of the strip is provided at spaced pointswith rojections 13 having passageways l4 extendmg lengthwise thereofthrough which a chain 15 extends, the ends of the chain being connected00 by any suitable means such as a turnbuckle 16.

Standard length strips will be sold to the consumer with the chains 15,and then the consumer can cut off a portion of the strip so as to makethe circle which it forms of about the same diameter as that of the canwith which the silencer is to be used. Then the chain is out to theproper length and afterwards, the turnbuckle is tightened so as to causethe silencer to securely adhere to the can bottom.

The notching of the flange 10 converts the latter into inwardlyextending feet which not alone tend to prevent the can from upsetting,but act to prevent the same from shifting along a floor or the like.

The same construction may be slightly modified in order to accommodate acan top. As shown in Fig. 6, the silencer is provided with a groove 17for the reception of the 8 edge of the can top, and the silencer has a.depending wall 18 to snugly engage the upper edge 19 of the can. Thefeet 20 in this instance rest upon the upper edge of the can.

While I have disclosed what I now consider to be preferred embodimentsof the invention in such manner that the same may be readily understoodby those skilled in the art, it is manifest that changes may be made inthe details disclosed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention, as expressed in the claims.

\Vhat is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patentis:

1. A can silencer comprising a substantially circular split ring ofresilient material, integral feet projecting from one side of said ring,projections extending from the other side of the ring and providedwith'passagerways, and a flexible endless fastening extendin throughsaid passageways for securely hoding the ring on an annular edge of acan.

2. A can silencer com rising asubstanl tially circular split ring 0resilient material integral feet projecting from one side of said ring,projections extendin from the other side 0 the ring and provi ed withpassageways, and a flexible endless fastening extendin through saidpassageways for securely ho ding the ring on an annular edge of a can,the feet being spaced apart by notches.

3. A can silencer comprising a substantially circular split ring ofresilient material integral feet projecting from one side of said ring,projections extending from the other side of the rin and provided withpassageways, and a flexible endless fastening extending through saidpassageways for securely holding the ring on an annular edge of a can,said ring being provided with a 4 substantially circular groove for thereception of the edge of the can.

'4. A can silencer comprising a substan- 25 tially circular split ringof resilient materia integral feet projecting-from one side of sai ring,projections extending from the other side 0 the ring and provided withpassage-- ways, and a flexible endless fastening extendin through saidpassageways for securely holding the ring on an annular edge of a can,the fastening having means interposed therein for contracting the same.

5. A silencer for cans or can tops, comprising a rubber ring having asubstantially circu ar groove for the reception of an annular flange ofa can member, integral feet projecting from one side of said ring andspaced from one another, and a flexible fastener at 40 the opposite sideof the ring for contracting the latter and holding the same inengagement with said flange.

6. A. silencer of'the kind described, comprising a rubber ring having asubstantially circular groove for the reception of the annular flan e ofa can member, spaced feet integral wit the ring and projecting towardsits axis, passageways arranged at the outer side of the ring, a chainextending through said passageways, and means for contracting saidchain. In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification. 55 JOHNRUSSELL FQLEY.

